2026 Keynote Lecture
Metasurface-On-Chip Flow Cytometry for Fluorescence Quantification

presented by

Tao Hong, PhD
Abstract

Fluorescence flow cytometry (FFC) is a fundamental technique in cellular and molecular analysis, yet conventional instruments rely on bulky free-space optics and expert-driven workflows for channel calibration and compensation. We introduce a compact and calibration-free, metasurface-on-chip FC (MOCFC) that replaces filter assemblies or spectrometers with an inverse-designed metasurface array that encodes fluorescence spectra into spatially multiplexed intensity barcodes. We demonstrate statistical profiling of immunolabeled cell populations based on regressed per-fluorophore quantity and extend the approach to multi-cytokine quantification by using a commercial Cytometric Bead Assay (CBA), without the need for channel calibration. By encoding spectral information by a compact on-chip optical metasurface front end and decoding it with end-to-end spectral regression, this metasurface architecture enables quantitative, multi-fluorophore FC in a compact format, opening a promising path toward portable, point-of-care cellular and molecular analysis.

The 73rd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
to be hosted by Queensborough Community College

Abstract Deadline:  April 3, 2026

The Student Activities Committee of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society would like to invite you to attend the 73rd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) to be held at Queensborough Community College on Saturday May 2, 2026.  This is an in-person symposium of oral presentations.  It provides an excellent opportunity for undergraduate chemistry students in the New York Metropolitan Area to present the results of their research to their peers in a supportive environment. All presentations are oral.  .

Registration is FREE and open to all.   Presenters are asked to register as a 'Student Presenter' and students that wish to attend the event but are not presenting may register as a 'Guest'.  For presentations with multiple presenters, please only submit the abstract once. 

Abstract Submission DeadlineApril 3, 2026  (use this template file and submit the abstract to acs.urs2024@gmail.com)

     Abstracts are limited to 250 words.  
     The title should be all capitalized, in bold, and indented 0.75 in.
     The presenter's name(s) must be underlined, if there are multiple presenters all their names should be underlined. 
      The name and address of the school follows the names of the presenters. 
      The body of the abstract should be Times New Roman (12 pt) and single spaced. 
      If there are multiple presenters, only one abstract should be submitted. 
      After registering for the URS (using the links below), the abstract should be emailed to acs.urs2024@gmail.com

Registration DeadlineApril 17, 2026

The 2026 URS organizers are looking forward to seeing you at the 73rd Annual URS.
 

Date and Time :        Saturday, May 2, 2026
                                     8:00 AM - 2:o0 PM
Place:                          Queensborough Community College 
                                     Student Union (campus map / directions)
Registration forms:   Student Presenter   Faculty Mentor   Exhibitor    Guest 
                                    The Registration Deadline is April 17, 2026
Thank You!
Thank you to PepsiCo for their long-standing support for Undergraduate Research Symosium.